Trio arrested after Wednesday mid-day chase

Alexis May, in this March 15, 2017, photo from the Ross County Sheriff’s Office. May is charged with fleeing and eluding after a Wednesday afternoon chase in Chillicothe.(Photo: Ross County Sheriff’s Office photo)

CHILLICOTHE - A 19-year-old city woman is charged with a felony after she fled from police during a Wednesday chase.

Alexis S. May, 19, of 9 Neenah Road, is charged with felony fleeing and eluding, as well as a misdemeanor count of drug abuse and two traffic citations. Two others were charged with misdemeanors after the chase, which began at about 2 p.m. on Cedar Street.

A Chillicothe Police report indicates an officer found the blue Dodge van, with May as the driver, on Cedar Street and, as he followed her, she ran a stop sign at Delano Avenue.

The report said the van accelerated north on Delano and turned west on Beechwood Street. May ran stop signs at Beechwood and Worthington Avenue, Buckeye and Orange streets and Adena Road, before turning onto Neenah Road, where three people jumped out. May was ordered to the ground while another woman ran into the house and a man ran off between the houses. The second woman was ordered back to the van, while officers searched for the man.

Police say the chase reached speeds of 79 mph on Orange Street. Officers searched May, who told police she fled because she didn’t have a valid drivers license, and found a bag containing suspected marijuana in her pocket.

Terron M. Meadows is pictured in this March 15, 2017 jail photo. Meadows was picked up on a parole violation charged after he was a passenger in a van involved in a case in Chillicothe.(Photo: Ross County Sheriff’s Office photo)

The man, Teronn M. Meadows, 25, of 4763 Kingshill Drive, was found hiding between two mattresses at the rear of the house, but ran off again before he was found hiding under a boat in the 600 block of Adena Road. When police found Meadows, he had $1,081 in crash and multiple phones, which were confiscated. Meadows was charged with obstructing official business and also held on a parole violation charge.

The second woman, Sydney E. May, 19, also of 9 Neenah Road, was charged with obstructing official business. All three were held pending initial appearances in Chillicothe Municipal Court.